Cue-rack.



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GUE RACK. I uPLIoATIoN FILED 1130.19.1904.

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NAT'HANIEL B. STONE, or OUTLOOK, wAsHiNcroN.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Application led December 19, 1904.l Serial No. 237,564.

c To all whom it moby-concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL B. STONE,

A a citizen of the United States, residing at Outlook, in the county of Yakima and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Cue Rack, of ywhich the following is a specification. l Y

This invention has particular reference to cue and ball holding` means for convertible tables, more especially of that ty e disclosed n' in a patent granted to me on Ju y 26, 1904,

and numberedl 766,072, and in an ap tion filed October 28, 230,399.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide simple means of afnovel nature for securely holding-the cues and balls when not wanted-as, for instance, when the article of furniture is converted into a sofa-said plica- 1904, Serial No.

means forming part of lsuchy article of furni-l ture being so located that it is not in the way or exposedv so as to detract. from the'ap'pearn ance of the same, and yet being very convenient-of access.v y c The embodiment of the invention which is in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa rearelevation of a convertible table'r and sofa, showing` the cue-rack. Fig. 2

is a cross-sectionalview through the same.

is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale,

taken on the line 4 4- of Figi 3. Figr 5 is an" other detail section ontheflinel 5 ,5'Y of Fig.' 3.

Fig. 6 is still another detail sectionahviewy taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3. v -Y Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts4 in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated the article v ports 8, a top member 9 beingV associated` with the base member and arrangedto swing.

between 'an upright position in rear of the base member, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and a substantially horizontal position over said b'ase member, as illustrated in Figs.

1 and 2, saidv top member resting upon the arm-supports 8 when in the latter position.

.Theunder side of the top member 9 is provided with cushioning material 10, including a facing sheet 11, and the cushionv thus formed constituting the back when the article of furniture is converted into a sofa, as willbe apparent.

Disposed between the facing-sheet 11 and the top of the table and located in the cush-f ioning material is a pocket 12, formed of side walls 13 and 14, a rear wall 15, and end walls 16 and 17, thus leaving a longitudinally-disposed mouth which opens at the rear side of the top member, said pocket being arranged inupright relation when the top is similarly p disposed. lThe inneror lower sidewall 14 ,is` l provided with a series of longitudinally-disposed grooves 18, forming cue-receiving .y seats, certain portions of said grooves being enlarged, as shown at 19', to provide handlereceiving openings by means of which the cues (shown at 20) may be detached from the iseats. The .end wall 16 is provided with a f, series of sockets 211, alined with the grooves l and arranged to receive thebutt ends of the at present considered preferable is illustrated cues, thel grooves tapering toward the opposite ends to correspond to the cues. 'lnileA 4said cues 20 preferably fit snugly in their seats- 18 and will ordinarily be retained by c ,"their frictional engagements with the walls Fig. 3 is a Vhorizontal sectional .viewftaken substantially on the line 3 3v ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 v

thereof, retaining-clips 22 are. preferably employed which are formed of spring-metal andV are adapted to engage the cues and thus hold them securely in the seats. The, snug, engagement ofthe cues in the seats is also im- Sei portant, as it serves to prevent said cues from ecoming warped. The end wall 17- is yprovided with a series of recesses 23 of sufficient size toreceive the balls 24, said balls being having the. ocket with its cue and ball-holding means ocated within the sofa-back and beneath the to it will be apparent that the same is out of t e way, does' not detract from the appearance of the article of furniture, and yet a ords convenient and readily-accessible means for holding the Icues andballs when not wanted.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advanheld in the recesses by spring-clips 25. By 95 IOO tages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without lfurther description, and it will be understood that various changesl in' the size, shape, pron portion,` and minorl details ofmconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what Lclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a convertible table, the combination with a base, of a top arranged to swing between a substantially upright position behind the base and a substantially horizontal position upon the same, said top having a top wall and another wall located along the under side of and spaced from said top wall forming therewith a holding-pocket, said pocket having a mouth disposed longitudinally along the side of the top that is lowermost when said top is in its said upright position.

2. A table having spaced side walls forming a pocket and an end wall for said pocket, one of the side walls having longitudinally disposed grooves constituting cue-receiving seats, and the end wall having sockets alined with the grooves and receiving certain of the ends of the cues placed in said grooves.

3. In a convertible table, the combination with a base, of a top, said top having spaced relatively immovabie walls in its under portion, forming a pocket, said pocket having a mouth that opens longitudinally along one side of the top, and cue and ball holding means located within the pocket.

4. In a convertible table, the combination with a base, of a top arranged to swing between a substantially upright position behind the base and a substantially horizontal position upon said base, means carried by the side of the top for forming a back when the top is in said upright position, and apocket formed between said means and the outer surface of the top.

5. In a convertible table, the combination with a base, of a top arranged to'swing between a substantially upright position behind the base and a substantially horizontal position upon said base, cushioning material carried by the/under side of the top and forming a back when the top is in said upright position, and a pocket formed between said cushioning material and top and having a mouth openingrat one side of the top.

6. In a convertible table, the combination with a base, of a top arranged to swing between a substantially upright position behind the base and a substantially horizontal position upon said base, cushioning material carried by the under side of the top for forming a back when the top is in upright position, spaced walls arranged in rear of the cushioning material, forming a pocket having a mouth disposed at one side of the top, and cue and ball holding means located within the pocket.

7. A table having spaced walls forming a pocket, one of said walls being provided with longitudinally-disposed grooves forming cuereceiving seats, and means for retaining the cues placed in said seats.

8. A table having a top and spaced walls carried by the under side of the top, forming a pocket, one of said walls being provided with longitudinally-disposed grooves, forming cue-receiving seats, and spring-clips for retaining the cues placed in said seats.

9. A table having a top, spaced side walls carried by said top, forming a pocket, end walls defining the ends of said pocket, one of the side walls being provided with longitudinally-disposed grooves, Jforming cue-receiving seats, one of the end walls having sockets alined with the seats to receive certain ends of the cues, the other end wall being provided with ball-receiving recesses, and spring-clips for retaining the balls in said recesses.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aHiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NATHANIEL B. STONE.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERs, E. G. SrGGERs. 

